Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-10
VISIT TO OUIDA.
Romance which Makes the
-,htlp. victim IN a Love Story.

,,,ps Romance which nsass tho
r'n 81, the victim in a Love Story.
r'''' philadelphia Press,
fn FLORENCE, July 10.
IS one of the thousands of
'.rho read your works and ad-
sd Sd genius, am extremely desir-
~. Inc and paying my respects.
80 hone that you will permit me
%: ~ with great respect, | am
:ssuIe NJ.
81! ! ~ Rgmc, villa Farinola, via
s''l .s together with q letter OF the
zoe o ,T I sent by post to
- ~ noted novelist, who lives in
~ ~ Florence, two miles with
1T. IT, Of san Frediano' !
go y ssid an acquaintance of
;o rso-1 | showed 3 copy OF the
"I ,meric.n lsdy, but, having
EIorentine, for many years q
- ;Eiorence-"of course she will
" y &c i very vain. Ouida would
T. - 1- wbo wrote her like this-her
!lOS 3 Genius Of course-but what
- sD citing down TO the address,
ie "a Rame:' That settles it,"
-, ,.,end lsid down the letter and
me as much as to say, chow
b bsre baen so unWise?"I
Wv - Settles what" l queried.
:-.: i that you will never see
Won have touched her upon her
..1siriye point. Madame why
never pardon such an over
she not madam: Is she not
...inYv not SIT down, though, and
INV - ycu sIL shout it." An inter-
." bsnd is better than one at
5.95, but one at second hand is
nan none at all. Several days
.a.s5 and there mad come no reply
I'd, W.ulj it not be we'll to
VA. ny friend had TO say? l
ssr she is not married." | said.
=. 5e,rd that she married the Mar
.R,me. Is not that true?"
80 blt Of it. The nearest that Ouida
SINE 10 getting married was right
Florence several years ago. was
tare al the time sDd remember the
sa0r created IS if it were yester-
There was an Italian nobleman who
zen paying her some attentions
.7e TOOK TO be serious. Ouida
..ya talent, but she certainly has
,-,uty. She IS painfully homely,
uncover, even at the time of which
-ow speaking, she was long past
r.risjsD Of lie. The Marquis was
If these things, and he made the
Lss Of imagining Ouids was aware of
.so He thought this and did not
that Ollds would take his words
,.y She did take his words seri-
however, end made every pcepars-
m marrying, having the trousseau
s,ed snd the other necessary arrange
,m.1e. Then came the catastrophe,
rs ,ha. would form an admirable
r in one Of her dramatic novels
you think ! was in earnest?' sske q
krauis when pushed TO the wall"
Is not that rather brutal way Of
b. i,:' | interrupted.
OUIDA'S REVENGE.
E1s, else could he dc; He had not
med that she took the matter serious,
ef actions now showed him his mis-
snd be wss compelled to confess he
.etn 'triGiDg' with ker affections
the Hcst explosion, Ouida set abou,
TIM & way to be revenged. She
It's villa adjoining that of the Mar
Md providing 2 pistol kept it on hel
hs.s, il is said, with the intention Of
.lg her delinquent lover the
tine ne passed. Whether
The decisive moment came snt
pei, or whether no decisive moment
,le Marquis Prudently remaining
can not say, but 81 all event:
Tas no shooting and no more sensa
t1it year. Florence, however, haC
fsTd the last u it, for the next yea
Fo7s!, a Winter City, was published
fyG?0Ody hQew that was the manner
nca sue meant 10 revenge herself OF
par Florence, or at least one o
oTentines, mad treated her. Tn,
fcters in a Winter City are por,
dFlorentines, easily recognized
seed scarcely add, not very Halter
Pleasing to the originals"
It her books much resd In Italy?n
not 81. q them. a Winter CITY
AI!sdae' have been translated int
snd ere read to considerable
{, ieas. in Florence. do know
il7 other Of her novels are translat
q ltSlsn There may be others, bu
no. see much Of them here"
gaids much of society woman?"
II, ! can hardly say" said m,
with s peculiar smile. "Men arr
.! aeT society. she Is intellectual
~ peculiar, and especially since he
q C1ty' society here has not beef
W eoFdlal in Its treatment of her."
~ DOGS AND DECoLLETE DRESSES.
-S5l7es now quite alone, surroundet
dogs and with one old lady as he
'oupsnion. Ouida is now some
sUou sixty Years of age, and he
NODE OF l:te Is beginning to tel
There are many peculia titles
".V1ues might cslI them-such g
- yIsnt colored decollete dresse
e. AslF flowing loose, like a girl @
= instead Of q woman of sixty"
same afternoon on which this con
;5yL occurred took 3 stroll throug
so'S San Frediano and alon
u SesndicCi as far as tn
.I%.hols. There. nestled on tn
aA., almost hidden from view b
~, .a green toilsge OF the surround
.usns, lives the woman who's
~ ~ widely read, 50 wildly ad
,, 1-u 50 wldely-condemned. Il
MIS- G,sl books can DE found as niue
n.al as much cold, unjust III
HS. OF human nature as is foun
,ff1cess Naprsxine?"
80 - pailosophy?" SAID my frien
n e'esta9le. 0uida does not {
.~r '0Anaild; no, she believes i
she hqliaros :.